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Chapter 35 – Words

"Alone at last," Edward said, shutting the apartment door and locking it.

I smiled and turned to face him. "Dinner was nice."

"Mm. It was. Pineapple chicken."

I giggled and wrapped my arms around his hips. "I love your family, Edward."

"Our family."

I smiled. "Our family."

"Today was nice. The baby shower, ring shopping."

"I'm excited for Emmett. I believe he truly loves Rose. Did you see his hands shake?"

Edward chuckled softly. "I did."

"You shook when you proposed to me."

He laughed and kissed me. "I did. You were shaking, too, baby. I could hardly get the ring on your beautiful finger."

I snuggled up to his warm body. "I'll never forget that moment, Edward."

"Neither will I."

"Remember when you said you were going to take me away for a couple for days? Just to escape all the stress and our insecurities about the wedding and our pasts and stuff like that?"

His fingers brushing my hair from my face made me hum. He was so gentle, so sweet. "I remember."

"This could count," I said. "Like a trip to Seattle."

"Do you not want to go?" he asked against my lips as he stole a kiss. "You're repeatedly trying to get out of this getaway with me."

"I'm not. And of course I want to go. Even though I don't know where we're going."

"Is that what's bugging you?"

"Maybe."

He smiled and kissed me, again. "Talk to me."

"I think I just feel a little greedy. Wanting to run away with you, to be alone all the time when I'm sure our families want to be with us before the wedding." I shrugged. "Is that stupid?"

Edward set his hands on my bum and lifted me up. He carried me to our room and I kissed his neck while we walked.

He set me on the edge of the bed and kissed my lips before climbing in with me. I snuggled up to his chest and he kissed my hair.

"You're not stupid. And you know that. Baby. I just want to be with you. To celebrate us and what I feel for you. I want you to know that I would do anything for you."

"I do know that."

"I like to show you, too, sometimes."

I smiled, my fingers lazily tracing the lines of his muscles through his shirt. "I like that, too."

"Bella. If you don't want to go with me to a romantic bed and breakfast in the San Juan Islands and watch the sun rise and set with me for two days, then we don't have to go. But, I'd like to maybe practice dancing on the beach with you, again."

I sat up and smiled down at his face. "Really?"

He laughed at my obvious excitement. "Really. I made the reservations a couple days ago. Luckily for us there was a cancellation, or we'd never have been able to get in on this short of notice."

"Why are you so perfect to me?"

"Because I love you, Bella. That's the sole reason that I do every single thing that I do. I love you." He sat up and pressed his lips to mine.

I wiped some happy tears from my cheeks and pressed my forehead to his. "I'm sorry for overthinking everything all the time."

"No. That's you, honey. But, you know what, a couple days isn't a big deal. We'll go back to Forks on Tuesday in time to go with Em and Rose to look at apartments. You're not going to miss anything, everyone knows my plan. In fact, Heidi helped me pack a bag for you."

"You packed a bag for me?"

"Hoping that you'd agree to run away with me tomorrow morning."

"Aw. Baby. Of course I will."

Edward wrapped his arms around me and held me close to his chest. "Bella. Our wedding, our marriage, isn't going to change anything. It's not going to take us away from our families. I don't want you to worry about that so much.

"You'll still see your dad, just like you do now. You'll still hang out at my mom and dad's place with the boys, with Alice. Nothing changes. We're not leaving them. We're just tying our families together. Even more than they already are.

"This wedding is a good thing. It's a happy time. We're not leaving the state." He kissed my head, again, "except for the honeymoon. Mmm. It's going to be amazing. Life is going to be good."

I dropped my head on his shoulder and failed at holding back a little sob. "Thank you for saying that."

"Hey, hey. Sweet girl. What's making you cry?"

"I don't know. I've never been married before. I don't know what to do with all these emotions, you know?"

"It's okay." His voice was a soft whisper and I knew he understood. "Should be bring the blanket to the couch and watch movies?"

I laughed and wiped my eyes, again. "No. I want to lay here with you."

"That sounds perfect," he whispered. He tilted my chin up and kissed my lips. "Tell me this stuff, Bella, okay?"

"I didn't really know how to put words to it. But, what you said makes me feel so much better."

He smiled and kissed my lips, again. "Good."

I tugged at the hem of his shirt and he lifted his arms so I could undress him. I kissed his tattoo and smiled against his spicy smelling skin. "I love you."

"I love you, Bella."

"I want to make love to you," I said.

"Okay." I giggled and he winked at me. "You're so beautiful."

"Thank you."

He traced the back of his fingers over my collarbone and then down over my cleavage. "This dress, Bella…"

I smiled. "You seem to have a thing for dresses."

"I have a thing for you."

I snorted, ever unladylike, and then covered my red face.

Edward laughed with me and kissed the backs of my hands. "Stop hiding. You know your snorts and giggles turn me on like nothing else ever could."

I lowered my hands and Edward lips were right there, pressed to mine. He knocked me over with his body and hovered over my heaving chest. "You surprised me."

He chuckled and then buried his face into the crook of my neck. "You amaze me," he whispered before biting my neck right where my pulse was racing.

"Ah."

"I want all of you."

"You can have me, Edward."

"Let me guess," he teased. "Hurry?"

"No. This time I just want to feel you. Take your time."

He laughed and then traced my lips with the tip of his tongue. It had to be the sexiest thing he'd done all day. Which, with this man, was saying a lot. "You might just regret saying that when you get no sleep, tonight."

I hummed as he sucked at my neck. I knew one thing for sure and that was, where Edward was concerned, I would never regret a thing.